People

Everyone the files name, one entry each, with every spelling the transcripts produced folded into the person it means.

Roles, notes and the merging of name variants into one person are machine-generated and can be wrong, and some people appear in the files only under redacted names.

5,165 people named, plus the hijacker. 1,518 mentions of people whose names are withheld or unrecorded.

The hijackerD.B. CooperThe unidentified hijacker (UNSUB). Alias 'Dan Cooper' from the ticket; 'D.B.' from press error.9,838 mentions · 7,577 documents · 144 spellings

Suspects · 435 with 3 or more mentions

  1. Robert Harry BolesSuspectNORJAK suspect investigated via Minneapolis and Miami; photo shown to witness39 mentions35 documents
  2. Douglas Gibson BurnsSuspect38 mentions27 documents
  3. Neal Rodney SundbergSuspect38 mentions24 documents
  4. Richard Douglas ShinnSuspect38 mentions32 documents
  5. Eugene CooperSuspectName-match NORJAK suspect pursued by Portland and Oklahoma City37 mentions24 documents
  6. Raymond Sidney RussellSuspect36 mentions19 documents
  7. Anthony Daniel GregoireSuspect35 mentions34 documents
  8. James Henry ZimmermanSuspectSuspect whose photograph was included in spreads shown to Eugene, Oregon witness35 mentions34 documents
  9. Nick LeuisSuspect35 mentions21 documents
  10. Richard M. WordenSuspect35 mentions19 documents
  11. Arvidis Julius KipertsSuspect34 mentions27 documents
  12. Dan CooperSuspect'HJ' abbreviation for the hijacker in Flight 305 chronological communications logs34 mentions25 documents
  13. Earl Felton WilliamsSuspect33 mentions24 documents
  14. Ralph Leonard GriffinSuspect33 mentions18 documents
  15. Bennie Franklin WilsonSuspect32 mentions19 documents
  16. Clair F. YoungSuspect32 mentions24 documents
  17. James Leroy SenderSuspect32 mentions25 documents
  18. Robert Day CooperSuspectNORJAK suspect (Sub 267) with FBI rap sheet and credit/criminal checks32 mentions18 documents
  19. Ted E. MayfieldSuspect32 mentions20 documents
  20. Harry Indland HaganSuspect31 mentions16 documents
  21. Jerry Arthur CooperSuspectSkydiver suspect; interviewed by Alexandria, featured in press as Cooper lookalike31 mentions18 documents
  22. Robert Wesley JonesSuspect31 mentions26 documents
  23. Walter L. Hampton SrSuspect31 mentions21 documents
  24. Benjamin R. KaneSuspect30 mentions24 documents
  25. Floyd J. SniderSuspect30 mentions29 documents
  26. John D. BootonSuspect30 mentions23 documents
  27. O. Dee SchneiderSuspect29 mentions20 documents
  28. Rex A. AlexanderSuspect29 mentions25 documents
  29. Gary B. GallaherSuspectAppears in photo displays shown to Renton and Seattle witnesses28 mentions27 documents
  30. Lyle C. FranklinSuspect28 mentions15 documents
  31. Allen Fairfax CooperSuspectNORJAK suspect; leads and photo comparisons in Minneapolis, Cincinnati, Chicago27 mentions18 documents
  32. Delbert Earl DowningSuspectSuspect whose photo was displayed to witness at Eugene, Oregon27 mentions26 documents
  33. Marion Henry MooneySuspect27 mentions18 documents
  34. Richard O. CooperSuspect27 mentions21 documents
  35. Bernard D. CooperSuspectSuspect from Omaha/Denver leads; letter signed 'B. D. Cooper' sent to Lab26 mentions21 documents
  36. Garrett Brock TrapnellSuspectConvicted airline hijacker; photo shown to witnesses February 197226 mentions26 documents
  37. Vernuce Albert HoffkeSuspect26 mentions15 documents
  38. Jerry S. EdwardsSuspect25 mentions17 documents
  39. Lee Joseph GilpatrickSuspect25 mentions19 documents
  40. Henry Ward ConradSuspectSuspect eliminated on description; linked to Twigg inquiries in Los Angeles24 mentions14 documents
  41. James Alan CroakSuspectNORJAK suspect (Sub 829), welder; eliminated after Wyoming DMV records obtained24 mentions17 documents
  42. Melvin CooperSuspect24 mentions17 documents
  43. Warren David SmithSuspect24 mentions17 documents
  44. Donald E. NelsonSuspect23 mentions11 documents
  45. Harold A. CountrymanSuspect23 mentions17 documents
  46. James D. BoothSuspect23 mentions17 documents
  47. John Scott MazeSuspectSuspect named by Charlottesville, Virginia witness shown Cooper composites23 mentions17 documents
  48. Rod MastersSuspect23 mentions9 documents
  49. John A. SchmidlinSuspectRichmond, California suspect; photo shown to witnesses, negative identification22 mentions20 documents
  50. John Richard MeritSuspect22 mentions15 documents
  51. Morris Stanley BrowneSuspect22 mentions21 documents
  52. Oliver Reese BoydSuspect22 mentions17 documents
  53. Alvin Earl BrownSuspect21 mentions20 documents
  54. Edward Anthony LaneSuspect21 mentions11 documents
  55. George E. CatheySuspect21 mentions17 documents
  56. Harold Moody CrosbySuspect21 mentions12 documents
  57. James A. RomanSuspectPhysician considered as suspect; later reported deceased, Olympia lead21 mentions18 documents
  58. Leland Dean DrakeSuspect21 mentions11 documents
  59. Michael Charles SullivanSuspect21 mentions17 documents
  60. Ronald Lee WhiteSuspect21 mentions16 documents
  61. Bradley E. AyersSuspect20 mentions12 documents
  62. David CooperSuspectName-match suspect leads on Kauai and at Yelm, Washington, Sub 604/73819 mentions14 documents
  63. Doyle E. FieldsSuspect19 mentions8 documents
  64. Harold W. CooperSuspectName-match suspect, Sub 581; record and DMV checks run19 mentions14 documents
  65. Harry Nicholas MillerSuspect19 mentions8 documents
  66. Harvey Walter GraySuspect19 mentions13 documents
  67. Howard Roger MastersonSuspect19 mentions9 documents
  68. Richard A. ArmstrongSuspect19 mentions13 documents
  69. Stephen P. MeravySuspect19 mentions9 documents
  70. William Francis Johnston Jr.Suspect19 mentions19 documents
  71. Albert Nelson FaulknerSuspect18 mentions9 documents
  72. Charles Everett DevineSuspect18 mentions7 documents
  73. D.J. JohnsonSuspect18 mentions18 documents
  74. Earl Benjamin OdekirkSuspect18 mentions14 documents
  75. George Delwyn CooperSuspectVancouver-area look-alike suspect from Goldendale composite leads, Sub 78318 mentions9 documents
  76. Jay WhitfordSuspectAppears in Seattle photo-showing memos, likely among photographed look-alike suspects18 mentions18 documents
  77. Jesse Edwin Bell JrSuspect18 mentions9 documents
  78. Norman Karl AllenSuspect18 mentions18 documents
  79. Ray MathisSuspectNamed as suspect in Los Angeles/San Francisco airtel; name also in 1980 money clippings18 mentions16 documents
  80. Richard Lee WallerSuspect18 mentions8 documents
  81. Robert Van HoltonSuspect18 mentions7 documents
  82. Robert William HarshaSuspectClark County tip suspect; FAA aircraft registration and records checked18 mentions13 documents
  83. Adrian Charles McInnisSuspect17 mentions11 documents
  84. Charles DeWitt BloomerSuspect17 mentions14 documents
  85. David George AllenSuspect17 mentions12 documents
  86. David Vincent AllingSuspectNORJAK suspect, Sub 756, developed from trailer park manager's tip17 mentions11 documents
  87. Edgar William TottenSuspect17 mentions12 documents
  88. Lou JohnsonSuspectLos Angeles NORJAK lead; associates interviewed17 mentions14 documents
  89. Nelson Roland FortierSuspect17 mentions14 documents
  90. Walter H. MilnarSuspect17 mentions17 documents
  91. Bill Bayne BaldridgeSuspect16 mentions4 documents
  92. Ernest Frederick WohlmacherSuspectNORJAK suspect Sub 353; license, vehicle and military records checked, eliminated16 mentions12 documents
  93. Joseph Richard Cucuzza SrSuspect16 mentions11 documents
  94. Kenneth Peter ChristiansenSuspectNamed as Cooper by anonymous Minnesota tipsters and a letter writer16 mentions6 documents
  95. Kenneth Robert AndersonSuspect16 mentions10 documents
  96. Leonard Bertil DavissonSuspectNORJAK suspect Sub 673 investigated by Butte and Boise offices16 mentions9 documents
  97. Ralph D. HessSuspect16 mentions11 documents
  98. Ralph J. MulvihillSuspect16 mentions13 documents
  99. Raymond Harold SearcySuspectNORJAK suspect Sub 506; Boeing personnel file and license photo reviewed, eliminated16 mentions8 documents
  100. Richard Frank SchwandtSuspect16 mentions7 documents

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